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CONSIDERING going to next year’s World Cup? Really? Even with, you know, Trump and everything? Going over the pro and cons should help you decide not to: PROS You’ll get to see your team competing in a major international tournament! They might even win a match, if Scotland, or the Jules Rimet trophy, if England! That’s not a chance you can turn down, no matter what the obstacles! CONS Yeah, if you’re allowed in. They’re checking five years of social media, they’re checking emails and you know what they’re checking for, right? Any disparaging mention of Trump. One retweeted meme in 2020 about him losing the election? You’re banned. PROS Er… beer’s cheap over there? CONS Beer is cheap, but tickets are astronomically expensive. It costs $20,000 to see the Superbowl in the US, so why shouldn’t real football cost the same? Ticket costs will be doubled without notice and if yours are cancelled because JD Vance’s family want seats? You’ll have no recourse. PROS … CONS Even if you’re rich and apolitical Trump’s treating the World Cup, like everything else, as his personal plaything. Playing in Boston? That’s a blue state so at any point the game could be relocated to Montana in an act of petty spite. Your hotel and travel arrangements? Your problem. You must take responsibility for aiding Democrats. PROS Please stop asking for pros. CONS Also, the chance of being arrested by ICE is very real. Their criteria? You’re a foreigner. Their process? Locking you up indefinitely without telling anyone where you are, then charging you a few thousand to be deported. Reasons have been declared unnecessary. CONS And all this is taking place in the US, a country famously hostile to football. The wider populace won’t give a shit about you and the MAGA half has now decided all Europeans are decaying race traitors who should be shot for not having guns. PROS Never mind, after Russia, Qatar and the USA, FIFA are treating us to a World Cup in liberal democracies in 2030! Then Saudi Arabia the one after.

Maresca is 4th in terms of points after 54 games... 1st Liverpool 110 Slot 2nd Arsenal 107 Lego Head 3rd Citeh 102 Pep 4th Chelsea 97 Maresca

It was not clear exactly who or what Enzo Maresca was referring to in his cryptic comments, but it seemed obvious he was looking to send a message. In the previous 48 hours, Chelsea had returned from his native Italy after defeat in Bergamo to Atalanta, held a single training session at Cobham, attended a pre-match news conference where he appeared relaxed and ended a four-game winless run by beating Everton. It was clear from Maresca's regular news conferences that he believed his tenure at Stamford Bridge had been a success so far. He was proud to have won the Club World Cup and Conference League while qualifying for the Champions League in his first season. There had been mixed messaging over whether the latter was a target before the campaign, but it increasingly became a club objective after Chelsea made such a positive start under his leadership. It meant Maresca ended last season ahead of schedule while delivering on the project. He had still not lost more than two league games in a row. It is clear, therefore, that Maresca has felt exposed by criticism while managing the youngest squad in the Premier League. He has also been without Cole Palmer for most of this season, Moises Caicedo for several matches and Levi Colwill for the entirety of the campaign - all regarded as among Chelsea's best players in their positions.

Up to 4th

Chalobah brilliant there

Would have been a nervy last few minutes had that gone in

Fucking hell - Everton hit the post

This is why I was against his signing - but whether he can be taught composure is another thing. Agree think Gittens can become even better

Frank Watch : Coventry 1-0 up

Nacho doing what he did at Yernited on a regular basis

Pedro fouled there

Just found this from 1976 away games

Gusto 2-0

Tarkovski gets away with loads